Class Descriptions

Graduate and Undergraduate

• Graduate Program
• Undergraduate Program

 

The links below provide individual detailed class descriptions for most of the department's 3000, 4000, and graduate level classes. Descriptions are provided by the individual professors and refer to their current offerings and specific class requirements. Links provide overviews from the English Department or individual professors regarding freshman program and 2000 level courses. For additional information, consult your advisor or the professor offering the class. Descriptions are also posted to departmental bulletin boards on the first and second floor of Howell Hall.

 

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Fall 2013

Course Number (click for description)	time	Professor - contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses (EN 0103, EN 1103, En 1113)	Various	Various
Composition Two-for-One Credit (EN 1173, EN 1113H)	Various	Various
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2273, EN 2283	Various	Various
EN 2253H H01: Honors section, American Literature Survey	MW 2:00-3:15	Robert West rmw107@ra.msstate.edu
EN 2503: Teaching Grammar	MWF 9:00-9:50	Brad Campbell mbc46@msstate.edu
EN 3303: Creative Writing	TTh 12:30-1:45	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
	TTh 9:30-10:45	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
	TTh 11:00-12:15	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
EN 3313: Writing for the Workplace	TTh 9:30-10:45	Shirley Hanshaw sh449@msstate.edu
	TTh 2:00-3:15	Shirley Hanshaw sh449@msstate.edu
EN 3313 sec. 501: Writing for the Workplace	on-line	Peter Olson pbo12@msstate.edu
EN 3414: Critical Writing and Research in Literary Studies	TTh 11:00-12:15, W 2:00-2:50	Bonnie O'Neill bco20@msstate.edu
	TTh 9:30-10:45, W 2:00-2:50	Rich Raymond rraymond@english.msstate.edu
EN 3423: Descriptive English Grammar	TTh 2:00-3:15	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 3903: Intermediate Fiction	TTh 11:00-12:15	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
EN 4111 Portfolios and Reflective Writing	M 5:30-6:20	Rich Raymond rraymond@english.msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6243/4243: Writing Center Tutoring	MWF 11:00-11:50	Staff
EN 6303/4303: Craft of Poetry	W 5:00-7:30	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
EN 6353/4353: Critical Theory Since 1900: Cosmopolitanism	MW12:30-1:45	Peter DeGabriele pgd23@msstate.edu
EN 6403/4403: Introduction to Linguistics	TTh9:30-10:45	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6453/4453: Methods in TESOL	TTh 5:00-6:15	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6463/4463: Studies in Second Language Acquisition	MW 12:30-1:45	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6503/4503: Shakespeare before 1600	TTH 12:30-1:45	Thomas Anderson tpa14@msstate.edu
EN 6533/4533: Milton	TTh 11:00-12:15	Lara Dodds ld214@msstate.edu
EN 6623/4623: Language and Culture	TTh 12:30-1:45	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6643/4643: 18th Century British Novel	MWF 9:00-9:50	Peter DeGabriele pgd23@msstate.edu
EN 6813/4813: World Novel since 1900: The Human and its Others	TTh 3:30-4:45	Andrea Spain aspain@english.msstate.edu
EN 6823/4823: Poetry Since 1900	MWF 10:00-10:50	Robert West rmw107@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6933/4933: Survey of Contemporary Fiction: Beyond the Southern Gothic	TTh 2:00-3:15	Ted Atkinson tba34@msstate.edu
EN 6943/4943: Form and Theory of Fiction: Contemporary British Fiction and Narrative Theory	TTh 9:30-10:45	Kelly Marsh kmarsh@english.msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990: Special Topic In English - Sounds of the World's Languages	MW 3:30-4:45	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 6013: Teaching College Writing (Directed Study for English Dept. Teaching Assistants)	MW 2:00-3:15	Ann Spurlock spurlock@english.msstate.edu
EN 8103: Graduate Research In English	Th 6:00-8:50	Lara Dodds ld214@msstate.edu
EN 8543: Studies in English Literature 1832-1900: Victorian Horror Story	M 6:00-8:50	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
EN 8573: Studies in Literature Since 1900 -Locations in Harlem: Constructing Race, Palce and Identity in the Early 20th Century African-American Novel	T 3:30-6:20	Donald Shaffer ds649@msstate.edu

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Summer 2013

Course Number (click for description)	Time	Professor - contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses (EN 1103, En 1113)	Various	Various
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2283	Various	Various
EN 2434 Literature and Film (Summer II)	MTWThF 10:00-11:50, TTh 1:00-3:30	Brad Campbell mbc46@msstate.edu
EN 3303: Creative Writing (Summer I)	MTWThF 10:00-11:50	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6403/4403: Introduction to Linguistics (Summer I)	MTWThF 10:00-11:50	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6493-4493: TESOL Practicum -- Iquique, Chile	May 7 - June 4	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6503/4503: Shakespeare before 1600 (Summer I)	MTWThF 10:00-11:50	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 8523:Studies in English Literature 1485-1660: (Summer II)	MTWThF 10:00-11:50	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu
EN 8573: Studies in American Literature after 1900: U.S. Literature of the 1920's (Summer I)	MTWThF 8:00-9:50	Matthew Little littmatt@ra.msstate.edu

 

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Spring 2013

Course Number (click for description)	Time	Professor - contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses (EN 0103, EN 1103, En 1113)	Various	Various
Composition Two-for-One Credit (EN 1173, EN 1113H)	Various	Various
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2283	Various	Various
EN 2434: Literature and Film	MW 5:00-6:20	Michele Crescenzo mac418@msstate.edu
EN 2443: Introduction to Science Fiction	TTh 9:30-10:45	Lara Dodds ld214@msstate.edu
EN 2503: Teaching Grammar	TTh 11:00-12:15	Brad Campbell mbc46@msstate.edu
EN 2990: Introduction to the Study of Language	TTh 9:30-10:45	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 3303: Creative Writing	TTh 8:00-9:15	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
	TTh 11:00-12:15	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
	TTh 3:30-4:45	Richard Lyons rjl@ra.msstate.edu
	TTh 2:00-3:15	Michael Kardos mpk36@msstate.edu
EN 3313: Writing for the Workplace	TTh 9:30-10:45	Peter Olson pbo12@msstate.edu
EN 3414: Critical Writing and Research in Literary Studies	TTh 11:00-12:15 W 2:00-2:50	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
	TTh 2:00-3:15 W 2:00-2:50	Bonnie O'Neill bco20@msstate.edu
EN 3513: Women in Literature	TTh 9:30-10:45	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
EN 3533: Selected Authors: Jane Austen (Honors)	TTh 2:00-3:15	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6223/4223: Principles of Legal Writing	TTh 9:30-10:45	Matthew Little littmatt@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6233/4233: Composition Pedagogy	MWF 12:00-12:50	Rich Raymond rraymond@english.msstate.edu
EN 6313/4313: Craft of Fiction	TTh 11:00-12:15	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6333/4333: Southern Literature: Southern Geographies	TTh 2:00-3:15	Ted Atkinson tba34@msstate.edu
EN 6403/4403: Introduction to Linguistics	TTh 11:00-12:15	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6413/4413: History of the English Language	MW 3:30-4:45	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6433/4433: Approaches to TESOL	TTh 2:00-3:15	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6443/4443: English Syntax	TTh 5:00-6:15	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6463/4463: Studies in Second Langauge Acquisition	TTh 12:30-1:45	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6513/4513: Shakespeare after 1600	TTh 8:00-9:15	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu
EN 6523/4523: Chaucer	TTh 9:30-10:45	Holly Johnson hj71@msstate.edu
EN 6633/4633: Language and Society	MW 12:30-1:45	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6723/4723: Brit. Lit 1660-1700:Impotence and Power: Sex and Politics in the Restoration	MW 12:30-1:45	Peter DeGabriele pgd23@msstate.edu
EN 6803/4803: Types of Drama Since 1900	TTh 11:00-12:15	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu
EN 6913/4913: American Literature 1860-1900: Mark Twain & Henry James	TTh 12:30-1:45	Matthew Little littmatt@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6953/4953: Form and Theory of Poetry	MWF 9:00-9:50	Robert West rmw107@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990: Special Topic In English - Post-colonial Literatures and Theory	W 5:00-7:50	Andrea Spain aspain@english.msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 6013: Teaching College Writing (Directed Study for English Dept. Teaching Assistants)	M or W 2:00-3:15 + class assignments	Ann Spurlock spurlock@english.msstate.edu
EN 8533: Studies in English Literature 1660-1832: Politics, Sympathy, and the Sublime in the Eighteenth Century Novel	M 3:30-6:20	Peter DeGabriele pgd23@msstate.edu
EN 8583: Selected Topics in Language and Literature: The Legacy of Paradise Lost: The Fall and Science Fiction	Th 6:00-8:50	Lara Dodds ld214@msstate.edu
EN 8593: Studies in Post-Colonial Literature: Gender and Decolonization: Twentieth-Century Irish Women Writers	T 3:30-6:20	Kelly Marsh kmarsh@english.msstate.edu

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Fall 2012

Course Number (click for description)	Time	Professor - contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses	Various	Various
Composition Two-for-One Credit (EN 1173, EN 1113H)	Various	Various
EN 1001 First-year Seminar CLI: Cross-Linguistic Investigation (incoming freshmen only)	W 10-10:50	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 1111 English Studies	T 5:30-6:20	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2273, 2283	Various	Various
EN 2990: Teaching Grammar	MWF 9-9:50	Brad Campbell mbc46@msstate.edu
EN 3303: Creative Writing	TTh 12:30-1:45	Richard Lyons rjl@ra.msstate.edu
	TTh 2-3:15	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
	TTh 3-4:45	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
	TTh 9:30-10:45	Michael Kardos mpk36@msstate.edu
EN 3313: Writing for the Workplace	TTh 9:30-10:45	Shirley Hanshaw sh449@msstate.edu
	TTh 2-3:15	Shirley Hanshaw sh449@msstate.edu
EN 3414: Critical Writing and Research in Literary Studies	MWF 8-8:50, W 2-2:50	staff
	TTh 11-12:15, W 2-2:50	Andrea Spain aspain@english.msstate.edu
	TTh 9:30-10:45, W 2-2:50	Andrea Spain aspain@english.msstate.edu
EN 3423: Descriptive English Grammar	TTh 2-3:15	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 3523 Shakespeare and Film	TTh 11-12:15	Thomas Anderson tpa14@msstate.edu
EN 3903: Intermediate Fiction	TTh 11-12:15	Michael Kardos mpk36@msstate.edu
EN 4111 Portfolios and Reflective Writing	M 5:30-6:20	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6243/4243: Writing Center Tutoring	MWF 12-12:50	staff
EN 6303/4303: Craft of Poetry	W 5-7:30	Catherine Pierce cp341@msstate.edu
EN 6323/4323: Critical Theory Since Plato	TTh 11 - 12:15	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
EN 6403/4403: Introduction to Linguistics	TTh 9:30-10:45	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
	TTh 11 - 12:15	Ginger Pizer gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6433/4433 Approaches to TESOL	TTh 12:30-1:45	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6443/4443 English Syntax	TTh 3:30-4:45	Lyn Fogle ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6453/4453: Methods in TESOL	MW 12:30-1:45	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6463/4463: Studies in Second Language Acquisition	MW 5-6:15	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6503/4503: In the Beginning: Shakespeare t0 1599	TTh 9:30-10:45	Thomas Anderson tpa14@msstate.edu
EN 6663/4663 The British and Irish Novel since 1900: James Joyce and Virginia Woolf	TTh 2-3:15	Kelly Marsh kmarsh@english.msstate.edu
EN 6883-4883 Victorian Prose and Poetry	TTh 3:30-4:45	Shalyn Claggett src173@msstate.edu
EN 6903-4903 American Literature 1800-1860: Literary Labor and Laborers	MW 2-3:15	Bonnie O'Neill bco20@msstate.edu
EN 6933/4933 Survey of Contemporary Literature	MWF 10-10:50	Robert West rmw107@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6943/4943 Form and Theory of Fiction	MWF 9-9:50	Peter DeGabriele pgd23@msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 6013: Teaching College Writing (Directed Study for English Dept. Teaching Assistants)	TTh 12:30-1:45	Ann Spurlock spurlock@english.msstate.edu
EN 8103: Graduate Research In English	Th 6-8:50	Lara Dodds ld214@msstate.edu
EN 8333 Studies in Southern Literature: The Global American South	M 6-8:50	Ted Atkinson tba34@msstate.edu
EN 8523 Studies in English Literature 1485-1660	T 3-5:50	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu

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Summer 2012

Course Number (click for description)	Time	Professor - contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses	Various	Various
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2273, 2283	Various	Various
EN 2434 Literature and Film (Summer II)	MTWThF 10-11:50 & TTh 1-3:30	Daniel White djw54@msstate.edu
EN 3303 Creative Writing (Summer I)	MTWThF 8-9:50 MTWThF 10-11:50	Becky Hagenston bh133@ra.msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6403/4403 Introduction to Linguistics(Summer I)	MTWThF 10-11:50	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6453/4453 Methods in TESOL (Summer II)	MTWThF 10-11:50	Wendy Herd wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6513/4513 Shakespeare: latter half of career (Summer II)	MTWThF 10-11:50	Greg Bentley gwb@english.msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990 The Civil War in Literature and Film (Summer I)	MTWThF 8-9:50	Ted Atkinson tba34@msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 8573 Seminar in Twentieth-Century Literature: U.S. Literature of the 1960s (Summer I)	MTWThF	Matthew Little littmatt@ra.msstate.edu

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Spring 2012

Course Number (click for description)	Professor	contact
Undergraduate
Freshman Composition Courses	various
Composition Two-for-One Credit (EN 1173, EN 1113H)	various
EN 2203: Introduction to Literature	Various
Literature Survey Courses: EN 2213, EN 2223, EN 2243, EN 2253, EN 2283	Various
EN 2443: Introduction to Science Fiction	Lara Dodds	ld214@msstate.edu
EN 2503: Teaching Grammar	Sarah Sneed	ssneed@english.msstate.edu
EN 3303: Creative Writing	Michael Kardos	mpk36@msstate.edu
	Richard Lyons	rjl@ra.msstate.edu
	Catherine Pierce	cp341@msstate.edu
EN 3313: Writing for the Workplace	Peter Olson	pbo12@msstate.edu
EN 3414: Critical Writing and Research in Literary Studies	Tennyson O'Donnell	todonnell@english.msstate.edu
	Andrea Spain	aspain@english.msstate.edu
EN 3513 Women in Literature	Becky Hagenston	bh133@ra.msstate.edu
EN 3533 Selected Authors: Dystopias	Marty Price	mgp21@msstate.edu
Split level (graduate or undergraduate credit)
EN 6223/4223 Principles of Legal Writing	Matthew Little	littmatt@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6233/4233 Composition Pedagogy	Tennyson O'Donnell	todonnell@english.msstate.edu
EN 6313/4313 Craft of Fiction	Michael Kardos	mpk36@msstate.edu
EN 6343/4343 African American Literature	Shirley Hanshaw	sh449@msstate.edu
EN 6413/4413 History of the English Language	Ginger Pizer	gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6433/4433 Approaches to TESOL	Lyn Fogle	ewf30@msstate.edu
	Wendy Herd	wjh159@msstate.edu
EN 6443/4443 English Syntax	Ginger Pizer	gbp31@msstate.edu
EN 6513/4513 Shakespeare (later half of career)	Thomas Anderson	tpa14@msstate.edu
EN 6623/4623 Language and Culture: Bilingualism and Bilingual Societies	Lyn Fogle	ewf30@msstate.edu
EN 6653/4653 19th Century British Novel	Shalyn Claggett	src173@msstate.edu
EN 6713/4713 17th Century British Literature	Lara Dodds	ld214@msstate.edu
EN 6733/4733 18th Century British Literature	Peter DeGabriele	pgd23@msstate.edu
EN 6953/4953 Form and Theory of Poetry	Richard Lyons	rjl@ra.msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990 "Scribbling Women": Novels by American Women, 1850-1870	Bonnie O'Neill	bco20@msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990 The American Play from 1945 to Present	Catherine Pierce	cp341@msstate.edu
EN 6990/4990 Writing for the Web (0nline course)	Peter Olson	pbo12@msstate.edu
Graduate Seminars
EN 6013: Teaching College Writing (Directed Study for English Dept. Teaching Assistants)	Ann Spurlock	spurlock@english.msstate.edu
EN 8513 Studies in English Lit to 1485: The Medieval English Theater	Holly Johnson	hj71@msstate.edu
EN 8553: American Lit to the Civil War: American Life Writing	Bonnie O'Neill	bco20@msstate.edu
EN 8593: Studies in Postcolonial Literature	Andrea Spain	aspain@english.msstate.edu

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For questions or information about this page contact: Marty Price (mprice@ra.msstate.edu) Last modified March 27, 2013